Vietnam Rail Company (VNR) currently offer daily trains from Hanoi to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city) in four express trains namely SE1, SE3, SE5 and SE7 with the departure time at 19:00, 23:00, 15:45 and 06:15 respectively. Of these, the SE3 is the most express train with the total duration of 30 hours while the rest three take 32 to 35 hours to complete the journey of more than 1700 km from North to South.